BASC’s head of firearms Bill Harriman has written to the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police to challenge its decision to make all applications for firearms and shotgun certificates online only. The force announced this week that from 1 May printed applications would no longer be accepted. In a letter to Chief Constable Alex Murray,… Read more »
Humanists UK has reacted to news that the Government is proposing to allow new state schools to discriminate in 100% of their places, condemning the move and calling instead for an end to all discrimination in the state school system. Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson said: ‘The proposal to allow 100% religious discrimination in… Read more »
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Ireland has officially rejected the EU Lisbon treaty, throwing the entire European project into continent-wide disarray. The final tally was 752,451 votes for and 862,415 against with 53.4 per cent voting no. Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission said the Lisbon treaty is not dead following the Irish no vote. “Twenty-seven member states signed… Read more »
David Davies has told the Sun newspaper it can “bring it on” if it wants to campaign against him in his constituency by-election. He said he would prefer to run against Labour so he can tackle the issue of 42-day detention with the government but that he would be happy to fight Kelvin Mackenzie, former… Read more »